Information Literacy emphasizes the skills necessary to gather, interpret and correctly use information.
The American Association of School Librarians have many resources available: The American Association of School Librarians
Visit the Doug Johnson website for probably the clearest set of information literacy resources. Check out his wiki for his handouts.
Media Literacy
However media is only one source of information. Thus media literacy skills focus on the relationship between media as the source of information.
To address media literacy a great place to start is to look at the work of Dr. Faith Rogow and Project Look Sharp at Ithaca College.
Information Literacy and Media Literacy are not synonymous with one another.
Information LiteracyInformation Literacy emphasizes the skills necessary to gather, interpret and correctly use information.
The American Association of School Librarians have many resources available: The American Association of School Librarians
Visit the Doug Johnson website for probably the clearest set of information literacy resources. Check out his wiki for his handouts.
Media Literacy
However media is only one source of information. Thus media literacy skills focus on the relationship between media as the source of information.
To address media literacy a great place to start is to look at the work of Dr. Faith Rogow and Project Look Sharp at Ithaca College.